Dell Inspiron 14 5490 - Specs

  • BOE NV14N4H-2X30K (BOE082E)
  • Color accuracy  4.6  3.9
  • HDD/SSD
  • up to 1000GB SSD
  • M.2 Slot
  • 1x 2230/2242/2280 PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4  See photo
  • RAM
  • up to 12GB
  • OS
  • Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Home, No OS
  • Battery
  • 51Wh, 3-cell
  • Body material
  • Plastic / Polycarbonate, Aluminum
  • Dimensions
  • 321.7 x 217 x 19.3 mm (12.67" x 8.54" x 0.76")
  • Weight
  • 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs)
  • Ports and connectivity
  • 2x USB Type-A
  • 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
  • 1x USB Type-A
  • 2.0
  • 1x USB Type-C
  • 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), Power Delivery (PD), DisplayPort
  • HDMI
  • 1.4b
  • Card reader
  • mSD, mSDHC, mSDXC
  • Wi-Fi
  • 802.11ac
  • Bluetooth
  • 5.0
  • Audio jack
  • 3.5 mm combo
  • Features
  • Fingerprint reader
  • optional
  • Web camera
  • HD RGB
  • Backlit keyboard
  • optional
  • Microphone
  • Dual-Array Microphones
  • Speakers
  • 2x 2.5W
  • Optical drive
  • Security Lock slot

All Dell Inspiron 14 5490 configurations

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Office Work

Office Work should be used mostly by users who spend most of the time looking at pieces of text, tables or just surfing. This profile aims to deliver better distinctness and clarity by keeping a flat gamma curve (2.20), native color temperature and perceptually accurate colors.

Design and Gaming

This profile is aimed at designers who work with colors professionally, and for games and movies as well. Design and Gaming takes display panels to their limits, making them as accurate as possible in the sRGB IEC61966-2-1 standard for Web and HDTV, at white point D65.

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Health-Guard eliminates the harmful Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) and reduces the negative Blue Light which affects our eyes and body. Since it’s custom tailored for every panel, it manages to keep the colors perceptually accurate. Health-Guard simulates paper so the pressure on the eyes is greatly reduced.

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CPU performance

Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the CPUs that come in the Dell Inspiron 14 5490 series.

GPU performance

Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the GPUs that come in the Dell Inspiron 14 5490 series.

Dell Inspiron 14 5490 in-depth review

Dell is one of the manufacturers that updated their devices with the new Comet Lake processors from Intel. In addition to that, they have presented a slight design refresh to their Inspiron 14 5000 series. The new model is called the Inspiron 14 5490 and can now be maxed out with the Core i7-10510U and a GeForce MX250 graphics card.Let's not forget to say that it also features a 1080p IPS panel and a redesigned fingerprint reader. Similar to last year - it is embedded into the power button, but instead of being separated from the keyboard deck, it is now standing in its top-right corner. [...]

Pros

  • Tremendous battery life
  • Upgradable memory and storage that supports PCIe x4 SSDs
  • Very fast fingerprint reader
  • Equipped with a MicroSD card slot
  • Its display has comfortable viewing angles and good contrast ratio (BOE NV14N4H-2X30K (BOE082E))

Cons

  • Its base bends upon the slightest of touches
  • Lacks an RJ-45 connector, unlike its predecessor
  • Covers only 51% of sRGB (BOE NV14N4H-2X30K (BOE082E))
  • Uses aggressive PWM for brightness adjustment (BOE NV14N4H-2X30K (BOE082E)) (our Health-Guard profile deals with this issue)

Inside Dell Inspiron 14 5490 - disassembly and upgrade options

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